Cadets enlisting in the Military

[SarDragon]

If she can't function in the military, what makes you think she can pass the cadet PFT? Even more reason to turn SM.

I think this portion of the thread has become a frivolous hypothesis that's going nowhere, and has little real purpose.

[BGNightfall]

By the regulation (CAPM 39-2), cadets may retain their cadet status until they report for duty, which for Active Duty applicants means showing up at basic training.  The rules are different for Guard and Reserve component applicants. 

Having said that, if this cadet has done the proper thing by the regulations, and furnished NHQ with a note explaining their intent to enter AD service and a fingerprint card, then the conversion is probably irreversible.  Otherwise, if they have not done this, then so far as NHQ is concerned they're still a cadet anyway.

It is also worth noting that the Civil Air Patrol, like the Armed Forces, is ultimately commanded and run by people.  That means that if you can get someone with enough brass to agree with you, everything is waiverable. 

[Cecil DP]

So senior members can be in the armed forces and be a part of CAP?

A fair chunk of our membership are.

IIRC we recently had a region commander who was and AD SNCO.

I was on AD and a CAP member until I became a blood sucking contractor in '08 and there are about six AD members in my squardon right now.

Here in NVWG they are forming a squadron with the idea that 90+% are going to be AD members.

BG Anderson was on Active Duty during his entire Senior Member, until retiring about 2 years ago.

By the regulation (CAPM 39-2), cadets may retain their cadet status until they report for duty, which for Active Duty applicants means showing up at basic training.  The rules are different for Guard and Reserve component applicants. 

Having said that, if this cadet has done the proper thing by the regulations, and furnished NHQ with a note explaining their intent to enter AD service and a fingerprint card, then the conversion is probably irreversible.  Otherwise, if they have not done this, then so far as NHQ is concerned they're still a cadet anyway.

It is also worth noting that the Civil Air Patrol, like the Armed Forces, is ultimately commanded and run by people.  That means that if you can get someone with enough brass to agree with you, everything is waiverable. 

If she has already turned Senior she can't become a cadet.

[Eclipse]

Having said that, if this cadet has done the proper thing by the regulations, and furnished NHQ with a note explaining their intent to enter AD service and a fingerprint card, then the conversion is probably irreversible.  Otherwise, if they have not done this, then so far as NHQ is concerned they're still a cadet anyway.

Errors of omission are accounted for with the ethics we're trying to teach our cadets.

The day she reported she was no longer a cadet, loopholes of attention or no.